Our health care attorneys assist clients regularly in achieving compliance with all state and federal laws relating to fraud and abuse in the health care industry, and in responses to state and federal fraud and abuse investigations.  In particular, we regularly address issues arising under the federal and state antikickback, fee-splitting, and  self-referral laws and regulations.  We also help our clients in structuring their practices and transactions to comply with these laws, and in developing appropriate policies and procedures, to avoid noncompliance.

 

We have extensive experience in creating and implementing corporate compliance programs that address a wide array of statutory and regulatory concerns that face any healthcare business including employment, health fraud, antitrust, health privacy (HIPAA), self referral (Stark), patient dumping (EMTALA), and Medicare billing. We can provide assistance not only with the creation of the compliance program but also in developing a code of conduct which will provide employees with an overview of legal and ethical requirements to be followed. The code of conduct typically serves as the foundation of the corporate compliance program. Where necessary, we will also provide training services to assure that officers, directors and employees are properly informed of the requirements of the code of conduct.